diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace/transformations/gpu_utils.py b/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace/transformations/gpu_utils.py
index 003da07e73..d121e46012 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace/transformations/gpu_utils.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace/transformations/gpu_utils.py
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@ def _gt_expand_non_standard_memlets_sdfg(
 ) -> set[dace_nodes.MapEntry]:
     """Implementation of `_gt_expand_non_standard_memlets()` that process a single SDFG."""
     new_maps: set[dace_nodes.MapEntry] = set()
-    # The implementation is based on DaCe's code generator.
+    # The implementation is based on DaCe's code generator, see `dace/codegen/targets/cuda.py`
+    #  in the function `preprocess()`
+    # NOTE: This implementation needs a DaCe version that includes https://github.com/spcl/dace/pull/1976
     for state in sdfg.states():
         for e in state.edges():
             # We are only interested in edges that connects two access nodes of GPU memory.
@@ -279,16 +281,9 @@ def _gt_expand_non_standard_memlets_sdfg(
             if dims == 1:
                 continue
             elif dims == 2:
-                if src_strides[-1] != 1 or dst_strides[-1] != 1:
-                    try:
-                        is_src_cont = src_strides[0] / src_strides[1] == copy_shape[1]
-                        is_dst_cont = dst_strides[0] / dst_strides[1] == copy_shape[1]
-                    except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                        is_src_cont = False
-                        is_dst_cont = False
-                    if is_src_cont and is_dst_cont:
-                        continue
-                else:
+                is_fortran_order = src_strides[0] == 1 and dst_strides[0] == 1
+                is_c_order = src_strides[-1] == 1 and dst_strides[-1] == 1
+                if is_c_order or is_fortran_order:
                     continue
             elif dims > 2:
                 if not (src_strides[-1] != 1 or dst_strides[-1] != 1):